Multiple Choice 1
1. Although the English won most of the battles, who won the Hundred Years War?
a. The English
b. The French
c. The Spanish
d. The Germans
b. The French
12. What were the Spanish Muslims called?
Moors
25. Which of the following was not an economic principle brought about by the revival of trade and changes in business methods?
a. dignity of labor
b. freedom of exchange
c. group responsibility
d. legitimacy of profit
c. group responsibility
40. What was the name for a group of merchants who banded together to protect their interests within a town?
a. union
b. guild
c. league
d. society
b. guild
Discuss the four basic freedoms that townspeople had.
1. Free status- Townspeople were free after one year and day in the city.
2. Exemption -the townspeople as a "group" owed services to the Noble, "individuals" were not obligated to serve on the Manor
3. Town justice - townspeople could administer their own justice.
4. Commercial freedoms- merchants and people were free to buy and sell.
56. What group did the people of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain/Portugal) seek to drive out?
a. Christians
b. English
c. Moors
d. Goths
c. Moors
2. What major event was led by the decline of the Roman Catholic Church?
a. The Renaissance
b. The Protestant Reformation
c. The Enlightenment
d. The Scientific Revolution
b. The Protestant Reformation
13. What is the term for exchange of goods for other goods?
barter
26. What was the legal document granted by a feudal lord that outlined the privileges of townspeople?
a. contract
b. constitution
c. covenant
d. charter
d. charter
41. Paris and Bologna were known for their...
a. cathedrals
b. guilds
c. markets
d. universities
d. universities
57. The purpose of the Council of Constance was to:
a. end the Great Schism
b. rescind the Golden Bull
c. end the Hundred Years War
d. execute Joan of Arc
a. end the Great Schism
3. What did the written constitution known as the "Golden Bull" establish?
a. The Holy Roman Empire
b. The Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
c. The authority of the Catholic Church
d. The English monarchy
b. The Diet of the Holy Roman Empire
14. Which French king defied Pope Boniface VIII?
Philip IV
27. The middle class accomplished all of the following except...
a. contributing to the decline of the feudal system
b. threatening the position of the nobility in society
c. weakening the political authority of the nobility
d. weakening the authority of kings
d. weakening the authority of kings
42. The German league that sought to control and organize trade in much of northwestern Europe was the...
a. Champagne League
b. Hanseatic League
c. League of the Germanic States
d. League of the Baltic Sea
b. Hanseatic League
Matching
Matching
58. What family came to occupy the throne of Austria and ruled it until after World War I?
a. Hohenstaufen
b. Maximillian
c. Habsburg
d. Hanoverian
c. Habsburg
4. The art of the Middle Ages was primarily focused on what subject?
a. political themes
b. religious themes
c. mythology
d. nature
b. religious themes
15. Under which pope did papal power and prestige reach its zenith?
28. The official language of the Roman Catholic Church was...
a. English
b. Greek
c. Hebrew
d. Latin
d. Latin
43. The author of the "Divine Comedy" was...
a. Thomas Aquinas
b. Geoffrey Chaucer
c. Dante' Alighieri
d. Peter Abelard
c. Dante' Alighieri
Note: He is sometimes referred to as only "Dante'"
Match the following with the correct answer choice:
a. Abelard b. Anselm c. Aquinas d. Bacon e. Boniface VIII f. Chaucer g. Dante' h. Innocent III i. Joan of Arc
___ 74. humiliated by Philip IV
___ 75. used logical arguments to support God's existence
___ 76. wrote poems about pilgrims travelling to Becket's shrine, gave a good picture of medieval English life
___ 77. wrote about an imaginary journey through hell, purgatory, and paradise
___ 78. wrote Sic et Non
___ 79. motivated the French to fight in the Hundred Years War
___ 80. made significant contributions in the area of physics, geography and optics
Match the following with the correct answer choice:
_E_ 74. Boniface VIII
_B_ 75. Anselm
_F_ 76. Chaucer
_G_ 77. Dante'
_A_ 78. Abelard
_I_ 79. Joan of Arc
_D_ 80. Bacon
59. Which do not characterize Romanesque architecture?
a. thick walls
b. small doors
c. big windows
d. heavy columns
c. big windows
5. Which French kings was also known as "Saint Louis"?
a. King Louis IX
b. King Louis XIV
c. King Charles V
d. King Philip II
a. King Louis IX
16. What English author wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
29. What region of Europe was the primary place of trade since it was at the "crossroads" of northern European trade routes?
a. Flanders
b. Danzig
c. Stockholm
d. London
a. Flanders
44. Which of the following was not part if Henry II's reign?
a. Magna Carta
b. indictments
c. common law
d. circuit courts
a. Magna Carta
60. Which of the following was not true about the Crusades?
a. the Crusades weakened the feudal structure of Europe
b. the Crusades opened new horizons to the people of Medieval Europe
c. the Crusades expanded commercial activity in Europe
d. the early Crusades weakened the Papacy
d. the early Crusades weakened the Papacy
6. What did the merchant guild provide in a medieval town?
a. a monopoly of the town's trade for the merchants
b. financial support for the monarchy
c. training for knights
d. a place for artisans to trade with other towns
a. a monopoly of the town's trade for the merchants
17. What two countries remained fragmented into regional states?
Italy and German
30. Our word "bank" comes from the Italian word banca, meaning...
a. bench
b. exchange
c. money
d. lender
a. bench
45. Art and architecture of the Middle Ages were most influenced by the...
a. church
b. feudal lord
c. middle class
d. monarch
a. church
61. The real power in Germany, as evidenced by the control of the Diet (legislature), was in the hands of the...
a. church
b. emperor
c. middle class
d. nobility
d. nobility
7. The light and delicate elements of Gothic architecture contrasted greatly with which architectural style?
a. Renaissance
b. Byzantine
c. Romanesque
d. Baroque
c. Romanesque
18. Which English document is viewed to have established the principle that the king's power is limited?
The Magna Carta
31. Which of the following men was not a Scholastic thinker?
a. Abelard
b. Anselm
c. Aquinas
d. Bacon
d. Bacon
Note: Francis Bacon was a "scientific" thinker and the founder of the "Scientific Method"
46. Which of the following was NOT and English victory over France during the Hundred Years War?
a. Agincourt
b. Cre'cy
c. Poitiers
d. Bosworth Field
d. Bosworth Field
Note: Bosworth Field was a very important battle in English history. It is the last battle where an English King (Richard III) was killed in battle.
62. What was the period called in which the papacy did NOT reside in Rome?
a. Great Schism
b. Babylonian Captivity
c. Wilderness Wandering
d. Egyptian Captivity
b. Babylonian Captivity
8. By definition, a just price included which of the following?
a. a loss for the seller
b. no profit
c. a reasonable price
d. excessive profit
c. a reasonable price
Note: common sense here.
19. Who was the monarch that led the English at the beginning of the Hundred Years War?
Edward III
32. All the following encouraged the revival of trade except...
a. reopened trade routes
b. Unam Sanctam
c. markets and fairs
d. banking
b. Unam Sanctam
Note: The Unam Sanctam is a religious document outlining the position of the Catholic Church's position on key topics.
47. Vernacular literature developed first in the form of...
a. long narrative poems
b. short poetry
c. short stories
d. plays
a. long narrative poems
63. Moneychangers grew in importance because of their ability to...
a. judge the approximate value of coins
b. counterfeit currency
c. print and coin money
d. perform their services without a fee
a. judge the approximate value of coins
9. What were serfs allowed to do with extra goods they produced?
a. donate them to the Church
b. give them to the lords
c. sell them for a profit at the markets
d. save them for emergencies
c. sell them for a profit at the markets
20. The Spanish effort to drive out the Moors from Spain is known as what?
The Reconquista (The Reconquest)
33. The growth of towns brought about the emergence of what new social class?
a. nobility
b. peasants
c. middle class
d. serfs
c. middle class
48. Which of the following was an English scientist?
a. Abelard
b. Bacon
c. Chaucer
d. Dante'
b. Bacon
64. Which of the following rulers was a Habsburg ruler?
a. Louis IX
b. Edward I
c. Philip IV
d. Maximilian I
d. Maximilian I
10. Which weapon gave the English an advantage over the French in the Hundred Years War?
a. crossbow
b. longbow
c. cannon
d. pike
b. longbow
21. Whom did the Council of Constance elect as the official pope after the Great Schism?
Pope Martin V
34. Which of the following influenced the growth of towns in Europe?
a. population increase
b. trade
c. increased agricultural production
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
50. Who was known as "the Prince of Schoolmen"?
a. Peter Abelard
b. Thomas Aquinas
c. Dante' Alighieri
d. Anselm
b. Thomas Aquinas
65. The Wars of the Roses were what type of war?
a. international
b. civil
c. holy
d. crusade
b. civil
11. During the reign of which king did the development of the English Parliament occur?
a. Edward III
b. Henry VIII
c. Edward I
d. William the Conqueror
c. Edward I
22. What Spanish rulers drove the Moors out of Granada and sponsored Christopher Columbus in 1492?
Ferdinand and Isabella
35. Near the end of the Middle Ages, what institutions became the places of learning?
a. homes
b. monasteries
c. towns
d. universities
d. universities
51. Which of the following did not lead to the Hundred Years War between England and France?
a. France's threat to English wool trade
b. England's attempt to take Flanders
c. England's possession of French lands
d. Edward III's claim to the French throne
b. England's attempt to take Flanders
Note: Actually, France tried to take Flanders from England
66. Which of the following did not contribute to a revival of learning during the 12th century?
a. improved economic and political conditions
b. influence of Byzantine and Arabian civilizations
c. the growth of towns
d. desire for maintaining existing knowledge
d. desire for maintaining existing knowledge
23. Who founded the Tudor dynasty at the end of the War of the Roses?
Henry VII
36. Which of the following is the correct order, from lowest to highest, of the members of a craft guild?
a. master, journeyman, apprentice
b. journeyman, master, apprentice
c. apprentice, journeyman, master
d. apprentice, master, journeyman
apprentice, journeyman, master
52. The period in which more than one pope claimed supremacy is called the...
a. Babylonian Captivity
b. Golden Bull
c. Great Schism
d. War of the Roses
a. Babylonian Captivity
24. What was the name for the meeting of the French representatives from the church, the nobility, and the townspeople?
Estates-General
37. The intellectual movement that had its roots in Bible study was known as...
a. mysticism
b. classicism
c. Scholasticism
d. Romanism
c. Scholasticism
53. Which pope was humiliated by Philip IV?
a. Innocent III
b. Urban II
c. Boniface VIII
d. Boniface VI
c. Boniface VIII
38. The common spoken language of a country is called the...
a. university
b. quadrivium
c. trivium
d. vernacular
d. vernacular
54. The nation of Spain was created by the union of which two thrones?
a. Aragon and Portugal
b. Aragon and Castile
c. Castile and Portugal
d. Castile and Habsburg
b. Aragon and Castile
39. What political entity involved an independent king who ruled a group of people having common interests?
a. city-state
b. nation-state
c. empire
d. kingdom
b. nation-state
55. Which of the following did not occur following the Hundred Years War?
a. Feudalism declined in England and France
b. Nationalism developed in England and France
c. The monarchy's power declined in France
d. England became involved in a civil war
c. The monarchy's power declined in France